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PRESS CLIPPINGS.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXCHANGES ARE STILL TALK
ING ABOUT THE IMPERIAL SETTLEMENTS.
THE PRESS CAN FIND ROOM UNDER THIS HEADING FOR ONLY A
FEW OF THE SHORTER NOTICES DAILY CLIPPED FROM
EXCHANGES, LONGER ARTICLES ARE TREATED
SEPARATELY.
Flcxkinp Into the Country.
People nrf fltvklnp into the country
fnmi all mitoan of i^outhcrn Califor
nia, nnd at the jiro*rnt rate *<Mrral
thousand nmn will In* under cultUa
tun in n fc« months. Tho canal «>»•
trm of tho Imperial company i» Mnj:
extended ft* faM a» po*MM<\ It hat
D w reached the eld bed Of the Now
Hirer and through that channel tho
water* have brf-n carried to I'aluua
l^iko. Tho company has a great abun
dance of water and can readily sup
ply several tlrnm the prrf-rnt amount
when the facilities for handling it
hare been completed.— San Diego Tri
bune.
Tempt PeopU Invcstijjjif.nj:.
Two car laid!* of cow* belonpinp to
P. T. I lan la were today wnt out by
special train. Mr. Ilacta Is now lo
cated near Imperial City, a section of
Southern California- That Is rapidly
cominp Into prominence a* one of tho
prratcM agricultural wet ions of the
Southwest. There are thousands upon
thousands of acre* of land of incom
parable fertility. Plenty of water is
supp'.iwJ from a big canal that taps
tho Colorado River. A number of
Tcmpe people are now investigating
thi* wvtion with a Tiew to maklne
CXtenslr* invent tnent« there.— Tempo
(Arix.) News.
Takes a Section.
C E. White visited Imperial a ft w
dayg this week and practically de- l
cided to poss-e&s hims-elf of a section
of that fertile land. He Is very san
guine in his opinion that that portion
of the Colorado IVs*>rt will yet become
a great country. — Pomona Review.
Seven Thcusiad Acres.
The Crawford Bros, leave the flrst
of the week for Imperial, where they
are holders of a 7«*»-acnp tract of des
ert land, with a mixed car of horses,
lumber, furniture, etc. These gentle
men will not permanently locate at
Imperial, but will be there for a
greater or less time during the year.
—Pomona Review.
Fifty Working Mules.
George A. Carter of Pomona tells me
he has just closed a contract to take
fifty working mules to the Imperial
lands, on New River. The teams will
l>e employed in leveling the bucr.mock
lands, in prepancg the lands for farm
ing, and in building canals throughout
the district. Mr. Carter also has
freighting contracts which will em
ploy a limited number of his teams.
These are only a few pointers indi
cating the rapidity with which the
delta lands are attracting settlers. The
Pomona contractor will improve a
section of his own land this winter,
and engage in acthe farming whi'e
superintending his other work- It is
expected that the Imperial country
will make wonderful progress during
the next few months. — Ix/s Angeles
Times.
Twenty Days Tnp.
City Clerk Walter K. !Jutl«-r. Ed
Bailey. C. H. Hamburg and D. J. Cook,
the advance guard of the overland Im
perial patty, arrived in the city
Wednesday evening after an enjoyable
trip of twenty days to inspect the big
irrigation proposition of the Imperial
Land and Water Company, the larg'-st
work of it* kind In America.—Whit
tier News.
A Section lo: Cleasoa.
1. \V. Cleason returned lant evening
from I>o» Angeles, accompanied by J.
K. Jackson. Mr. Gleat>on secured C4O
acres of Imperial land for hlm»vf-lf In
bis own name, which he will at once
put into use. Mr. Jackson took eighty
acres of the valuable realty under the
Imperial canal .—Riverside Enterprise. :
Quite an Excitement.
There l& qulU* ati excitement over
Imperial. People here think It i» Just
!he place.-— Hemet News.
Deepening the Cacsl.
Joe Carter was up from the Imperial
beading country yesterday. Mr. Car
ter reports that the bJ«r dredger is
working back toward tbo heading.
which it will reach In about ten dajra.
Tho canal in brlnj? dug deeper t» af
ford a larger supply of water- Yuina
Son.
Greitetl Itngatica UnJrtUktnß.
\V, H Urtuiilwoll. our local dry
jc«hh!(i merchant, left on Sunday fur a
trip lo Imperial, returning Wednen
i!.tv evening. He staged It n* far a*
the Mexican line and from hl» own
pcrscnal observation he consider* It
tho greatest irrigation undertaking In
America— Covlna Argus.
S'tteen HortC Fewer Ditcher.
The California Development Com
pany has receive*! a sixteen horse
power ditcher which will at once bo
put In o;>eratlon on the Imperial
Canal, say* the Times: for use on the
lateral* a large number of jumpers
have be«*n brought In. Another mam
moth steam excavator has Iwrcn
shlpp* v d. al*« to be used on
on the excavation of the great
canal system. An enormous amount
of dirt will be moved In a day when
these two large machines have been
put In operation, supplemented with
the hundrwts of scraper*, and In a
comparatively short time it will be
possiole to get water on the larger
portion of all the land in this section
Of the valley.— California Cultivator.
Dovrn thf Colorado to Imperial.
Mr. R. C. McQueston leaves Monday
night for the Seed lea and Intends po
ire from there down the Colorado to
Imperial and perhniv ? will locate on
s-ome of tho lands of the Imperial
Company. Mr. McQueston Is a long
time resident of itandsbunr. has been
?n th*» employ of C G. UMngworth
for mor<> than two rears anc! is a thor
oughly reliable gentleman. Few men
In Randsburg have more sincere
friends, all of whom regret his going
away.-— Randsburg Miner.
Mcst Beautiful Garden Spots.
A portion of »..c Colorado Desert Is
being reclaimed and soon there will
b*» another n-sion which will be a
duplicate of the marvelously produc
tive country about Phoenix. Ariz.
Oiilte a section of the Mojave Desert
will soon undergo tho same kind of
transformation, and then two of the
most forbidding deserts In the world
will contain some of tho most beauti
tul garde j spots in the world. A
rlew nf Phoenix before Irrigation was
Installed and of Its luxuriant verdure
at present Is enough to convince any
on«» whit tho change slflnlfle*. It
mir bo n"t«**i also that a great degree
of prosperity rnm^s with tho trans
formation. — Modesto News.
Regular Steamer Line.
Yuma will eolobrato on the 10th of
next month tho opening of a regular
stramor lino between that city and
Goaymas. There will bo an excursion
on tho river and a banquet which will
b** attend*-*! by th** Governors of Ari
zona and Sew Mexico nnd tho Mexi
can State of Sonora. Yuma is really
ambitious to figure" an a seaport, and
looks forward to direct sto-imor con
nections with San Diego. San Fran
rlsro Foitrlo nnd with Now York via
th*» Isthmian Canal. — Riverside Press.
Pon»Jero?o Quality.
Of course, the Imperial country
could boat in quantity and quality the
gr«-ai*-t rx-etH grown, but the tiugar
irufet Ih too much In evidence to con
sider the brf-fl sugar question at pro»
ont,« but for Kt»;«-k th'M« addod to al
falfa and all varieties of gra*w« and
grains, corn. mill* t. rl<«« and cotton,
will make a pretty r<-«»«i ItKt to grow
nnd prosper on. without adding the
v« -j-*"tab!«-H which all grow of tho pon
♦l«-roho quality. —San Diego News.
Wonderful Growths.
E. <». Wllslo of Nordhoff. was n
town Tuesday displaying norm* of 1 1 I*
product* of tho much-touted Imperial
land country. Tho wonderful growth
of grain, coign urn and vegetable*
ilnce the canal wa« completed a few
w««'lis ago dernomst rates beyond quc»
ii ii that tho m*:| of the region Is
capable of producing Imrnem** crop«.
— Hanta Paula ChronleJe.
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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION
OF THE
Los Angeles Times
FOR 12 YEARS.
I
The following titfurea ohow the daily average number of copies printed, cir-
culated and acid by The Tmcs in the month of September, from 1890 to 1901,
inclusive, a p*:riod of twelve years:
DAILY AVERAGE
SEPTEMBER, 1890, 6,7 7 2
SEPTEMBER, 1891, ; ; . 9,177
SEPTEMBER, 1892, !. I 0,0 7 6
SEPTEMBER, 1893, I 2,2 4 I
SEPTEMBER, 1894, 12,7 0 8
SEPTEMBER, 1895, I 5,4 0 \
SEPTEMBER, 1896, I 7,6 7 0
SEPTEMBER, 1897, 2 0,0 6 0
SEPTEMBER, 1898, 2 4,6 4 2
SEPTEMBER, 1899, 2 4,5 5 8
SEPTEMBER, 1900, 2 6,7 3 7
SEPTEMBER, 1901, 3 0,1 5 9
At the timo of theaxftat.iination of tho Preuidunt eoveral extra oditions worn
! printed, none of which are included in tho abovu flgurea for September, IWI.
Th<? avcrag" circulation of tho Hcvpay Timkm for each Hunday of KoptcmlxT
I**), wni 37,393 copieif and for Hoptcin b«v 1001, tho avoru«e wua 46,700.
Tho circulation of Tiik Time* is growing funt»-r than at any provioiiH period
] in it* l.i-tory.
Tiik Tim km also prints a tfreatrr number of paut'M urn! moro reading matter
than uny other dully publication we«t of tho '* Kcckum."